An Act Amending Act Numbered Sixty-One, Authorizing the Construction of a Highway from Pozorrubio to Baguio in the Province of Benguet and Repealing Act Numbered Sixty-Eight Supplementary Thereto
Act No. 202, enacted on August 13, 1901, amends Act No. 61 to authorize the construction of a highway from Pozorrubio to Baguio in Benguet Province, replacing the Military Governor's authority with that of the Civil Governor. It allows the Civil Governor to appoint a civil engineer and designate a disbursing officer for the appropriated funds related to the road's construction and railroad survey. Additionally, it repeals Act No. 68, streamlining the legislative process for the public good. The Act takes effect immediately upon passage.
Law Information
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- Act No. 202
- Date Enacted
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- Statutes
- Subcategory
- Acts
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
August 13, 1901
ACT NO. 202
AN ACT AMENDING ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-ONE, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY FROM POZORRUBIO TO BAGUIO IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET AND REPEALING ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-EIGHT SUPPLEMENTARY THERETO
SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Sixty-one is hereby amended by striking out the words "Military Governor" in line five and substituting therefor the words "Civil Governor" and by striking out the words "Captain Charles W. Mead, Thirty-sixth Infantry, United States Volunteers, who has been detailed by the Military Governor for that purpose" and substituting therefor the words "a civil engineer to be appointed by him."
SECTION 2. The Civil Governor shall have power to appoint or designate a disbursing officer to disburse the funds appropriated and unexpended for the construction of the Benguet road, and the location of the railroad survey.
SECTION 3. Act Numbered Sixty-eight is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on its passage.
ENACTED, August 13, 1901.
Cite This Law
An Act Amending Act Numbered Sixty-One, Authorizing the Construction of a Highway from Pozorrubio to Baguio in the Province of Benguet and Repealing Act Numbered Sixty-Eight Supplementary Thereto, Act No. 202, Aug 13, 1901 (Philippines)
An Act Amending Act Numbered Sixty-One, Authorizing the Construction of a Highway from Pozorrubio to Baguio in the Province of Benguet and Repealing Act Numbered Sixty-Eight Supplementary Thereto, Act No. 202 (Phil. 1901)
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